• Mamata ends speech with Urdu couplet
• No hike in freight rates
• No increase in passenger fares across classes
• Tatkal scheme to be reduced from 5 days to 2 days
• Kolkata Metro to get more extensions
• 12 new 'Turant' AC sleeper trains between major metros
• Non-stop AC 'Turant' trains to be introduced
• Ladies Special to be extended to Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi
• Metro concession in Kolkata to minority students
• Press correspondents to get 50% concession
• Cold storage facilities for farmers to store produce
• New scheme called 'Izzat' for low-income monthly travel
• Total working expenditure estimated at Rs 81,685cr
• Unrealistic high targets of Interim Budget not sustainable
• Freight loading fell short of target

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